Just two months ago the NCAA posted an article on “How the field of 68 D1 men’s teams is picked for March Madness.” There are 32 automatic qualifiers and 36 “best” at-large teams. From the article “The committee selects the 36 best teams not otherwise automatic qualifiers for their conference to fill the at-large berths. There is no limit on the number of at-large teams the committee may select from one conference”. So how are the best at large teams selected? Well, “Committee members have a wide-range of observation, consultation and data resources available to them throughout the season and during selection week.
Stats Corner: NET Ranking the MWC Teams
